Date of Death: 23 Mar 1913
Subject: Luther A. Armfield
Source: Holt County Sentinel, 4 Apr 1913, p. 5
Funeral services for the four persons who were killed in the tornado, Easter Sunday night, which virtually wiped out the village of Flag Springs, were held, Thursday of last week. Flag Springs is in Andrew county, five miles from Union Star, in DeKalb county. The dead are Mr. and Mrs. Armfied [sic], who were killed outright, and Mr. Auterburn [sic] and Mr. Reed, who died of injuries received in the storm. Two children of the Armfields were badly injured. Homes in the village were demolished and livestock was killed.
Date of Death: 11 May 1911
Subject: Clarence C. Bentley
Source: Savannah Reporter, 23 Jun 1911
Clarence C. Bentley, son of S. T. and Mary Bentley, was born in Lane county, Kansas, June 29, 1888, moved to Missouri with his parents in 1890, and died May 11, 1911, aged 22 years, 10 months, 12 days, was converted under the pastorate of Elder Cooper, baptized and united with the Flag Springs Baptist church, February 5, 1906, living a true and constant Christian till death. He leaves to mourn a mother, other relatives and many friends. The funeral was conducted May 13, by Rev. Ball at the Flag Springs Baptist church after which the remains were laid to rest beside his father who preceded him to the better world some years ago.
Date of Death: 30 Jun 1873
Subject: Clayton M. Boyles
Source: Andrew County Republican, 11 Jul 1873, p. 3
On Monday, the 30th of June, Clayton M. Boyles, an aged, widely known and highly respected citizen of Andrew county, departed this life, surrounded by his family and numerous friends, being in the fifty-fourth year of his age. Deceased was one of the early settlers of the county, and all the old citizens in the county will regret to learn of the death of their old friend. He was born in Athens county, Ohio. In 1831 his father and family emigrated to Elkhart county, Indiana. Clayton came to this county in 1839, the balance of the family following in 1841 or 1842, since which time they have made it their permanent home. Clayton Boyles performed the journey from Indiana to this county on foot. He has been known as a most untiring worker, his industry being at times carried to severe extremes. Yet a warmer heart never pulsated beneath a manly breast than that of Clayton M. Boyles. He has been a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church for a number of years, has reared a family of one son and four daughters, all of whom survive to mourn the loss of a beloved father. The father of the deceased, George Boyles, nearly eighty years of age, still lives, and was present at the death of his son. The family of the deceased have the sympathies of innumerable friends
same, "Correspondence"
Empire Prairie, Mo., July 6, 1873
Editor Republican-- One of the oldest pioneers of Northwest Missouri is at rest. Clayton M. Boyles died at home, near Flag Springs, on Empire Prairie, Missouri, after a painful illness, and his remains were interred at two o'clock the 1st instant. Clayton M. Boyles was the son of George Boyles, who is still living, and is now nearly eighty years of age, and one of the oldest settlers of the Platte Purchase, Missouri. And as "Uncle George" has seen the many ups and downs and endured the many hardships of a pioneer's life, he now sits down in his old days and enjoys the fruits of his honest toil, though he is bereaved by the death of his son. C. M. Boyles emigrated to the Platte Purchase a year or two before his father, nearly forty years ago, and settled on the farm where he lived so many years, and died. It is a beautiful place, in the heart of one of the richest countries in the West. Mr. Boyles came to this country a poor man; but, by his never ceasing energy and honest toil, he has accumulated a handsome fortune, he being one of the most wealthy farmers in this section of the country. Mr. Boyles leaves a wife and five children, four daughters and one son, all grown. In the death of Mr. Boyles, we lose one of our best citizens, a loving father, and a Christian. But it was God's will that he should go. It is wrong for us to answer no.
B.
Date of Death: 22 Apr 1874
Subject: Alfred H. Courtney
Source: Andrew County Republican, 1 May 1874, p. 1
Died. Courtney-- On Wednesday, April 22, 1874, at his residence in Rochester township, of spinal meningitis, A. H. Courtney.
Mr. Courtney was also an old citizen of the county, and widely known and respected, having lived her twenty-eight years.
Date of Death: 22 Apr 1876
Subject: John H. Floyd
Source: Andrew County Republican, 27 Apr 1876, p. 1
We learn that a man named Floyd, a new comer to this county, and renter, was killed by lightning on Saturday evening last. He was returning home from Flag Springs, near which place he lived, in a wagon, accompanied by a boy, during the storm, when the fatal bolt descended. The boy was shocked, but recovered. Mr. Floyd was buried on Monday.
Source: Andrew County Republican, 27 Apr 1876, p. 4
Letter From Flag Springs, April 25th, 1876.
Our quiet little village was thrown into a state of excitement last Saturday, the 22d inst., on account of a man being killed near here. During the thunder storm on that evening. Mr. John H. Floyd, was struck and killed by lightning. He had been to a neighbors to get a stalk rake, and was returning, and just as he had passed the school house about three-quarters of a mile from town, he was struck. The lines dropped and the horses ran about three-quarters of a mile before they were stopped. He only spoke once after he was found. It seems that the full force of the lightning didn't strike him, as his clothes were not torn, nor was he bruised in any way, except a small place in his forehead. His little boy, who was with him in the wagon, and sitting on the rake, was bruised a little, and considerably shocked, but has entirely recovered. Mr. Floyd lived on a part of the Clayton Boyles place, several miles southeast of here. He leaves a wife and five little boys to mourn his loss. Deceased was buried at this place, Monday, the 23th.
Date of Death: 23 Mar 1913
Subject: Mabel A. (Howell) Armfield
Source: Holt County Sentinel, 4 Apr 1913, p. 5
Funeral services for the four persons who were killed in the tornado, Easter Sunday night, which virtually wiped out the village of Flag Springs, were held, Thursday of last week. Flag Springs is in Andrew county, five miles from Union Star, in DeKalb county. The dead are Mr. and Mrs. Armfied [sic], who were killed outright, and Mr. Auterburn [sic] and Mr. Reed, who died of injuries received in the storm. Two children of the Armfields were badly injured. Homes in the village were demolished and livestock was killed.
Date of Death: 17 [or 20] Jun 1876
Subject: Hendley K. Kirtley
Source: Andrew County Republican, 20 Jul 1876, p. 4
Died. In this place on Monday evening last, July 17th, of cholera infantum, Infant Son, of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Kirtly [sic], aged about 3 months.
Date of Death: 5 Apr 1876
Subject: Mrs. Alvina Loving
Source: Andrew County Republican, 14 Apr 1876, p. 1
From Flag Springs, April 11. Mrs. ---- Loving, mother of Geo. T. Loving, who lives 4 miles southeast of here, died last Thursday the 6th [sic] inst., and was buried at this place the next day.
Date of Death: 3 May 1910
Subject: Samuel Miller
Source: Savannah Reporter, 13 May 1910
Samuel Miller was born in Schuyler county, Illinois, December 5, 1838 and died May 3, 1910, aged 72 years, … months and 4 days. In 1857 he came with his father to a farm south of Whitesville, in this county, and [continued?] to live there in that neighborhood till his death.
In 1875 he was united in marriage to Emma Edwards, and to this union … children were born, three daughters and two sons, of whom three are married, as follows: Mrs. J. N. … of Flag Springs, Mrs. Calvin … of Empire Prairie, and … who lives on a farm north of Union Star. Larkin and Venrie [sic] are at home-- the two youngest. Mr. Miller has been a faithful member of the Flag Springs Baptist church these past forty-five years. He was a loving father and a kind husband, and was loved and respected by all who knew him.
[Rev. …] Riggs of Union Star preached the funeral sermon at the Baptist [church] at Flag Springs at 3 o'clock …day, and interment was made in the local cemetery.
Date of Death: 26 Feb 1913
Subject: Ira Morris
Source: unknown Andrew Co. newspaper, Feb 1913
Ira Morris was born in Guernsey Co., Ohio in 1819, was married there in September 1841. He and his wife united with the Baptist church in Ohio. Deceased died Feb. 26, 1913 in Andrew County, Mo. His wife died March the 12th, 1899 at their home in Andrew county. They both were buried in the Flag Springs cemetery. In 1848, the deceased with his wife moved from Ohio to Andrew county, Mo., and entered government land which [he] still owned at the time of his death. To this couple were born nine children. John, who died in infancy, Isreal [sic], Julia - died April 7, 1870, Nannie, Kaziah, Jane, Sarah, Clinton, and Cynthia. Leaves 28 grandchildren, 48 great grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren.
Our precious parents both are gone.
Their voices we loved are still.
A place is vacant in our home,
Which never can be filled.
Source: unknown- partial
Ira Morris was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, Sept 1, 1819, died February 26, 1913, aged 93 years, 5 months and 25 days.
He was united in marriage to Sarah Ann Tee Sept. 9, 1841. Of this union nine children were born, two of whom died many years ago. The mother also passed away 14 years ago at an advanced age. The children living are: Israel, of Palco, Kansas, Mrs. Jane Thomas and Mrs. Nancy Brown, of Hebron Neb., Mrs. Cynthia Deaton and Mrs. Sarah Woodhead of Barnard, Mo., Mrs. [… rest of article missing.]
Source: Whitesville Banner- partial
[Beginning of article missing] …Sarah Ann Tee, Sept. 9, 1841. Of this union nine children were born, two of whom died many years ago. The children living are: Israel, of Palco, Kansas, Mrs. Jane Thomas and Mrs. Nancy Brown, of Hebron Neb., Mrs. Cynthia Deaton and Mrs. Sarah Woodhead of Barnard, Mo., Mrs Keziah Painter, of Flag Springs, and Clinton who lives on the old homestead and with whom the deceased lived the last years of his life. Besides his children, there are 20 grand-children, 61 great grand-children, and 3 great great-grandchildren, making a total of 91 living descendants, who with a host of friends and neighbors mourn his loss.
Uncle Ira, as he was familiarly called by his neighbors, was a man of strong mind and character, an upright citizen and a good neighbor. Coming to Missouri as he did in an early day, he experienced many of the hardships of pioneer life. He settled in Andrew County in 1848 and in 1850 he entered the farm he still owned at his death.
Being a man of good education, he kept in touch with the affairs of the world by constant reading, requiring no glasses to read ordinary print, He had lived to see immense changes take place, indeed few are the men within whose memory such marvelous changes have taken place as have his. He could give many an interesting account of happenings of long ago before the days of railroads, telegraph etc.
While still a young man he united with the Baptist Church and remained a constant Christian until his death.
Interment and funeral services were at Flag Springs.
Date of Death: 21 Mar 1923
Subject: Isaac Clinton Morris
Source: Savannah Reporter, 23 Mar 1923
I. C. Morris of Rea passed away at the home of his sister Mrs. Deaton in Barnard on Wednesday morning, March 21, at 6 o'clock. A biography will be published next week.
Source: Savannah Reporter, 30 Mar 1923
Clint Morris died at the home of his sister, Mrs. Mc [sic] Deaton, Wednesday morning, March 23, at about 6:00 o’clock, following a short illness of pneumonia. Mr. Morris was married to Miss Mary Anna Jackson, March 25, 1885, and she preceeded [sic] him in death in January 1909 [sic]. He leaves four children to mourn his departure, Ira of Rea, Clarence of Marrill, Iowa, Joe of Rea and Jessie, who lives with Mr. and Mrs. Deaton in Barnard. Three sisters and one brother also survive him: Mrs. Thomas Painter, Clyde, Mo., Mrs. Sarah Woodhead, and Mrs. Deaton of Barnard and Israel of Palco, Kansas.
Mr. Morris was a member of the Bolckow M. E. Church of the I.O.O.F. Lodge at Flag Springs and of the Mason Lodge at Whitesville.
Funeral services were preached at Flag Springs Thursday and burial was at Flag Springs.
Date of Death: 18 Mar 1923
Subject: Henry Y. Mulnix
Source: Savannah Reporter, 22 Mar 1923
Henry Y. Mulnix, for many years a resident of Andrew County, died at his home in Flag Springs at an early hour Sunday, after an illness of short duration. He is survived by his wife at home and seven children.
Funeral services were held in the church at Flag Springs, Wednesday at 2 p.m., conducted by Rev. R. W. Crichton of Union Star and burial was in the Flag Springs cemetery.
Henry Y. Mulnix was born at Gallatin, Mo., Aug. 10, 1844. Died at his home in Flag Springs, Sunday, March the 18th, 1923, aged 78 years, 7 months and 8 days. On August 13, 1867, Mr. Mulnix was united in marriage to Frances Y. Coppidge [sic] and to this union nine children were born viz: George of Grandview, Mo., Charles of St. Joseph, Mo., Frank of Grandview, Mo., John of Union Star, Walter J. of Denver, Colo., Nellie, who is now Mrs. Earl Dungan, Flag Springs, Mo., Harry and Florence, deceased; and Molly, who is now Mrs. Earl Abel [sic] of Whitesville, Mo. All of the living children were present at the funeral except his son George. He also leaves to mourn his departure, 20 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren. Mr. Mulnix and his wife came to Flag Springs in 1877 and he became a member of the M. E. church in 1885.
Date of Death: 31 Jan 1892
Subject: Julia Ann (Quinn) Bentley
Source: unknown, [Feb] 1892
Died, In Flag Springs, Mo., Jan. 31, 1892, Julia Ann, wife of W. C. Bentley. Mrs. Bentley was born in Monroe county, Kentucky, Sept. 18, 1836; was married to Wm. C. Bentley, Aug. 25, 1875 [sic, 1857], in Monroe county, Kentucky; removed to Holt county, Mo., in the year 1869, removed to Kansas in the spring of '87; thence to Flag Springs, Mo. in the fall of '91, where she died. Deceased united with the Christian church in the year 1885, from which time she lived a pious christian life, always looking on the bright side and trusting in the Lord. She was a kind, true and faithful wife, and a loving mother. No one knew her but to love her. She leaves a husband and eight children who survive her. Her remains were followed by a large concourse of friends, Wednesday, February 3, to the Baptist church, where the Rev. D. C. Campbell spoke ably from 1 Samuel 20 chapter latter clause of 18 verse, "And thou shall be missed because thy seat will be empty," after which her remains were laid to rest in the Flag Springs cemetery. The bereaved family have the sympathy of the entire community.
Date of Death: 26 Jul 1876
Subject: Annie (Scott) Kirtley
Source: Andrew County Republican, 27 Jul 1876, p. 1
Died. In Savannah, Wednesday noon, July 26, 1876, of consumption, Mrs. Anna Kirtley, wife of Nicholas Kirtley, aged about 23 years. The deceased had been lingering several months with this dread disease, with alternate fluctuations for better and worse in her condition, and alternately raising the hopes and fears of her many friends. At last the dread destroyer triumphed, and now she has gone to her long home. On the 17th inst., their infant son died suddenly, of cholera infantum, and this event doubtless aggravated the condition and hasted the death of the mother. In these sad bereavements Mr. Kirtly has the sympathy of our community.
Source: Andrew County Republican, 3 Aug 1876, p. 1
Flag Springs Items. The funeral of Mrs. Nicholas Kirtley will be preached at this place the 3rd Sunday in August, by Rev. Isaiah Williams.
Date of Death: 14 Nov 1889
Subject: Henry Speaker
Source: Holt County Sentinel, 29 Nov 1889, p. 1
Henry Speaker, an aged farmer residing about five miles northeast of Bolckow, came to death in a frightful manner Thursday forenoon. He was in a wood lot preparing timbers for the foundation for a corn crib. He had put a charge of powder into [a] log for the purpose of splitting it. He ignited the fuse and then sought protection from the blast behind a large tree. It is believe he had stepped to one side to make observations as to the tardiness of the fuse when he was struck on the head by a piece of timber from the shattered log. He is supposed to have been instantly killed. His body was found about 1 o'clock, and was supposed to have been killed at 10:30, as it was about this time the blast was put off. Mr. Speaker was about 70 years of age.-- Bolckow Herald.